---
title: "Add Confluent account"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/integrations/confluent-cloud/accounts"
tags: ["Confluent Cloud"]
---

# Add Confluent account

`POST /api/v2/integrations/confluent-cloud/accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integrations/confluent-cloud/accounts`
- Auth: API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`

Create a Confluent account.

## Request body

- ConfluentAccountCreateRequest: Payload schema when adding a Confluent account.
  - `data` ConfluentAccountCreateRequestData, required: The data body for adding a Confluent account.
    - `attributes` ConfluentAccountCreateRequestAttributes, required: Attributes associated with the account creation request.
      - `api_key` string, required: The API key associated with your Confluent account.
      - `api_secret` string, required: The API secret associated with your Confluent account.
      - `resources` ConfluentAccountResourceAttributes[]: A list of Confluent resources associated with the Confluent account.
        - `enable_custom_metrics` boolean: Enable the `custom.consumer_lag_offset` metric, which contains extra metric tags.
        - `id` string: The ID associated with a Confluent resource.
        - `resource_type` string, required: The resource type of the Resource. Can be `kafka`, `connector`, `ksql`, or `schema_registry`.
        - `tags` string[]: A list of strings representing tags. Can be a single key, or key-value pairs separated by a colon.
      - `tags` string[]: A list of strings representing tags. Can be a single key, or key-value pairs separated by a colon.
    - `type` 'confluent-cloud-accounts', required: The JSON:API type for this API. Should always be `confluent-cloud-accounts`.

## Response `201`

OK

- ConfluentAccountResponse: The expected response schema when getting a Confluent account.
  - `data` ConfluentAccountResponseData: An API key and API secret pair that represents a Confluent account.
    - `attributes` ConfluentAccountResponseAttributes, required: The attributes of a Confluent account.
      - `api_key` string, required: The API key associated with your Confluent account.
      - `resources` ConfluentResourceResponseAttributes[]: A list of Confluent resources associated with the Confluent account.
        - `enable_custom_metrics` boolean: Enable the `custom.consumer_lag_offset` metric, which contains extra metric tags.
        - `id` string: The ID associated with the Confluent resource.
        - `resource_type` string, required: The resource type of the Resource. Can be `kafka`, `connector`, `ksql`, or `schema_registry`.
        - `tags` string[]: A list of strings representing tags. Can be a single key, or key-value pairs separated by a colon.
      - `tags` string[]: A list of strings representing tags. Can be a single key, or key-value pairs separated by a colon.
    - `id` string, required: A randomly generated ID associated with a Confluent account.
    - `type` 'confluent-cloud-accounts', required: The JSON:API type for this API. Should always be `confluent-cloud-accounts`.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too many requests

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